Project Gutenberg 2011-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 123 Franklin, William S. (William Suddards) 1863 1930 Franklin, William Suddards Franklin, W. S. (William Suddards) unk81011753 Bill's School and Mine: A Collection of Essays on Education E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Steven Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "Bill's School and Mine: A Collection of Essays on Education" by William S. Franklin is a collection of essays focused on educational philosophy and its practical implications, written in the early 20th century. The text reflects on contrasts between traditional outdoor education and modern schooling, particularly through the lens of personal experiences. The author examines the impact of societal changes on education and childhood experiences, particularly comparing his own formative years in nature with the structured but limited experiences of a boy named Bill. The opening of the work introduces the reader to the author's nostalgic fondness for his boyhood, filled with outdoor adventures and hands-on experiences in nature. He reminisces about the freedom and various skills he cultivated in his youth, contrasting them with the modern, more confined educational experiences of urban children like Bill, who lacks exposure to natural environments and the joys of unstructured play. This exploration sets the tone for deeper discussions about the value of experiential learning, the importance of play in education, and the need for reform in how education is approached in increasingly industrialized societies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Education LB Text Browsing: Teaching & Education 155804 154676 2024-09-16T04:05:57.177078 2023-09-16T10:37:54.040201 text/html text/html 152869 2011-10-03T23:10:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 771604 2011-10-03T23:13:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 678016 2024-09-16T04:06:02.786028 application/epub+zip 679492 2024-09-16T04:05:59.178059 application/epub+zip 121817 2024-09-16T04:05:58.015083 application/epub+zip 859713 2024-09-16T04:06:05.458090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 838548 2024-09-16T04:06:01.912047 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214345 2022-09-17T08:41:17.593670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130181 130073 2024-09-16T04:05:56.506107 2023-09-16T10:37:53.409721 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 129863 2011-10-03T23:05:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 47198 2011-10-03T23:05:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 129871 2011-10-03T23:05:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47204 2011-10-03T23:05:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19583 2024-09-16T04:06:05.597012 application/rdf+xml 23625 2024-09-16T04:05:58.390048 image/jpeg 4679 2024-09-16T04:05:58.204455 image/jpeg 858268 2024-09-16T04:05:57.223103 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog